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Chapter 10
Comprehensive Plan
Implementation
and Capital
Improvement Plan
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Amend the city code to include the following items pertaining to solar energy: definitions, permitted uses and
plans, access to sunlight.
Ongoing review of city ordinances to ensure that the code is in line with emerging trends, best management
practices, and changing requirements and regulations, which are included in Chapters 18, subdivision, Chapter 19,
Water, Sewers and Sewage Disposal, and 20, Zoning, implement the Comprehensive Plan.
Establish and implement ongoing education programs designed to educate landowners in sensitive environmental
areas and management practices and develop and maintain a public education program.
Revise standards to require at a minimum the use of the 30-20-10 rule to select trees for projects.
The Chanhassen City Code can be found at: www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us/citycode
Surface water
Major revisions to Chapters 19 and 20.
1. Required to be compliant with our NPDES permit and required for permit reissuance.
2. Required by our Watershed Management Organizations in conjunction with their 10 year Comp Plan updates
(all four are also updating now)
3. Necessary to obtain LGU regulatory authority from the Watershed Management Organizations
Initiatives
Administrative
Work with other governmental agencies and units to streamline, simplify and coordinate development review.
Official Control Change:Completion Date
Review existing ordinances to ensure compatibility with 2040
Comprehensive Plan
June 30, 2020
Update the City’s Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) in
response to any regulation changes
June 30, 2019
Ongoing/as needed
10 | Comprehensive Plan and
Capital Improvement Plan
This element contains a summary of the city code amendments required, initiatives and capital improvements that
are necessary to implement the Comprehensive Plan for the next five years. It pulls together the recommendations
of the various elements to provide an overview of the capital costs. The Capital Improvement element is designed to
show the magnitude and timing for the construction of public improvements and provide a guide for future capital
budgeting in the community. However, the city adopts a separate five-year capital improvement program annually.
10.1 | Official Controls
The city has zoning controls in place governing all properties within the community. Throughout the period covered
by this plan, the city will continually evaluate its ordinances to ensure that they are in line with the goals and policies
outlined in this plan. Changes to official controls within this plan include:
Table 10.1 | Official Control Change
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Natural Resources
» Develop a Forestry Management Plan by identifying strategies or means to achieve the objectives of a safe, healthy, diverse and
functional urban forest.
» Develop a Natural Resources Stewardship Plan that would identify, prioritize, and recommend restoration and management strategies
for all public natural areas.
» Become certified as a GreenStep City.
Parks and Trails
Initiatives are specific actions or steps that are recommended for implementation. Initiatives are organized by the
topic areas of parks, facilities, trails, preserves, programming and operations. The System Plan is the guiding doc-
ument relative to City Initiatives for the Parks and Recreation System. Prioritization of the initiatives separated the
actions in the time frames of short term, long-term and ongoing. The plan remains flexible so that all initiatives will
occur as opportunities arise.
The initiatives included in the System Plan are summarized by category below and shown on the maps on the
following page:
Parks
» Maintain Lake Ann Park as the premier community park
» Add amenities to Bandimere, City Center and Lake Susan Community Parks
» Use a maintenance and replacement schedule to keep neighborhood park facilities up to date
» Seek opportunities to expand the park network to serve changing community needs and preserve natural amenities
Preserves
» Continue to preserve sensitive lands within the Bluff Creek Corridor
» Collaborate with other agencies to protect the Seminary Fen
» Collaborate with other agencies to protect the Minnesota River Valley
» Expand marketing and wayfinding
» Expand opportunities to interact with and explore nature
» Identify and protect natural areas that link parks, preserves, and destinations
» Develop a Natural Resource Management Plan
Facilities
» Identify and construct a year-round signature recreation facility in the community
» Add a destination splash pad at a community park
» Establish an interpretative center with outdoor lab space and nature-based play
» Add community-scale nature play at a community park and unstructured nature play throughout the community as appropriate
» Improve user amenities at existing facilities
» Explore opportunities for a second community garden
» Implement recommendations of the Athletic Fields Study
Programming
» Continue to host at least five major community events
» Expand informal, year-round events and nature-based programs
» Collaborate with new and existing partner organizations to provide events and programming
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» Establish an Event Management Plan
» Annually assess pricing structure
Trails
» Address trail gaps and trail crossing safety issues
» Work with partner agencies to reopen Minnesota River Bluff LRT Regional Trail
» Complete trail connection to Minnesota River
» Increase maps and wayfinding to identify loops, distances, and destinations
» Provide more user amenities
» Expand the number of natural surface trails
» Explore opportunities to add trailheads
» Initiate a single-track mountain bike trail study
Operations
» Use System Plan as a basis for budgeting and Capital Improvement Plan
» Incorporate sustainable design and maintenance practices to make Chanhassen a model
» Consider establishing a tobacco use policy
» Communicate benefits of parks and recreation
» Establish a formal review process for program and event development.
Surface Water
Adding to the SWMP new Appendices for Enforcement Response Procedures, Public BMP Maintenance,
Facility Maintenance, and Vegetation Management Plan, Illicit Discharge and Detection Program, and Standard
Details and Specification Manual.
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Table 10.2 | Comprehensive Plan Implementation
Comprehensive Plan Implementation
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 TOTALS
Parks & Trails
Neighborhood Park Shelters 80,000$ 640,000$ 720,000$
Chan Nature Preserve Trail 90,000$ 90,000$
Fox Woods trails -$
Arboretum Trail/Hwy 61 underpass 140,000$ 140,000$
CSAH 61 trail -$
Neighborhood Park Improvements 561,000$ 169,000$ 426,000$ 17,000$ 478,000$ 73,000$ 338,000$ 783,000$ 79,000$
Community Park Improvements 65,000$ 120,000$
Subtotal 80,000$ 701,000$ 899,000$ 426,000$ 17,000$ 478,000$ 138,000$ 458,000$ 783,000$ 79,000$ 4,059,000$
Roads
Annual Local Street Improvements $2,700,000 $3,300,000 $1,600,000 $2,200,000 3,300,000$ 3,399,000$ 3,500,000$ 3,606,000$ 3,700,000$ 3,825,604$
Collector Road Street Improvements $2,300,000 $2,100,000 $1,300,000 $1,900,000 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$ 1,000,000$ 12,600,000$
TH 101 Improvement 32,000,000$ 32,000,000$
Market Blvd.3,200,000$ 3,200,000$
Lyman Blvd. Improvements 13,900,000$ 13,900,000$
Galpin Blvd. (north of Highway 5)10,000,000$
-$
Pavement Management 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 300,000$ 3,000,000$
Subtotal 300,000$ 19,200,000$ 5,700,000$ 6,400,000$ 46,400,000$ 4,600,000$ 4,699,000$ 4,800,000$ 4,906,000$ 5,000,000$ 102,005,000$
Sewer
LB1 Lift 6,100,000$ 5,000,200$ 11,100,200$
2010 MUSA Lift Station 2,100,000$ 2,100,000$
Lower Bluff Creek 5 Trunk 1,810,000$ 1,810,000$ 3,620,000$
Sewer Replacement 250,000$ 75,000$ 250,000$ 75,000$ 250,000$ 75,000$ 250,000$ 10,000$ 100,000$ 1,335,000$
Lift Station rehabilitation 90,000$ 45,000$ 45,000$ 75,000$ 55,000$ 120,000$ 50,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 705,000$
Trunk Oversizing 75,000$ 75,000$ 150,000$
TH 101 Pioneer Tr - CSAH 61 750,000$ 750,000$
I/I 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$
Subtotal 290,000$ 495,000$ 1,145,000$ 2,625,000$ 8,315,000$ 7,380,200$ 325,000$ 525,000$ 285,000$ 375,000$ 21,760,200$
Water
West WTP -$
I/I abatement 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 200,000$ 2,000,000$
Lower Bluff Creek 1,100,000$ 1,100,000$
TH 101 Pioneer Tr - CSAH 61 850,000$ 850,000$
Watermain replacement 850,000$ 100,000$ 850,000$ 100,000$ 850,000$ 100,000$ 850,000$ 450,000$ 472,500$ 4,622,500$
Well rehabilitation 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 90,000$ 94,500$ 904,500$
Trunk oversizing 75,000$ 75,000$ 150,000$
Well #16 1,400,000$ 1,400,000$
Well #17 1,600,000$
Subtotal 290,000$ 1,140,000$ 1,315,000$ 2,240,000$ 465,000$ 2,540,000$ 390,000$ 1,140,000$ 740,000$ 2,367,000$ 12,627,000$
Surface Water
Lower Bluff Creek -$
W Central Lotus Lake Restoration 250,000$ 250,000$
Water Reuse Parternship Projects 200,000$
Upper Riley Creek Stabilization 100,000$ 100,000$
Lake Susan Park water reuse -$
Rice Marsh Lake sand filter 300,000$ 300,000$
Chan. High water reuse -$
Property Acquisition 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 75,000$ 450,000$
Street Improvements 250,000$ 250,000$ 250,000$ 100,000$ 250,000$ 55,000$ 250,000$ 100,000$ 55,000$ 1,560,000$
Stormwater Ponds 60,000$ 80,000$ 80,000$ 80,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 100,000$ 900,000$
LID projects 11,250$ 11,250$ 11,250$ 11,250$ 11,588$ 11,935$ 12,293$ 12,662$ 13,042$ 13,433$ 119,953$
Infra. Maintenance/Replacement 25,000$ 25,000$ 25,000$ 25,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 50,000$ 400,000$
Subtotal 546,250$ 841,250$ 441,250$ 441,250$ 261,588$ 486,935$ 217,293$ 487,662$ 263,042$ 293,433$ 4,279,953$
TOTAL 1,506,250$ 22,377,250$ 9,500,250$ 12,132,250$ 55,458,588$ 15,485,135$ 5,769,293$ 7,410,662$ 6,977,042$ 8,114,433$ 144,731,153$
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CHANHASSEN CITY CODE APPENDIX A
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The Chanhassen City Code, including the zoning ordinance, is the primary mechanism for implementing the
Comprehensive Plan. It provides the specific uses and site requirements that are allowed on an individual proper-
ty consistent with the general framework established by the Land Use Plan. The following zoning districts are for
reference, and are in effect as of July 1, 2019, and the current version of the Zoning Code is available online https://
library.municode.com/mn/chanhassen/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CICO_CH20ZO. Future changes to this
information in the appendix would not require a Plan amendment.
The city is divided into the following zoning districts:
Agricultural districts:
“A-2” Agricultural estate district
The intent of the “A-2” District is preservation of rural character while respecting development patterns
by allowing single-family residential development.
Residential districts:
“RR” Rural residential district
The intent of the “RR” District is to provide for single-family residential subdivisions intended for large
lot developments.
“RSF” Single-family residential district
The intent of the “RSF” District is to provide for single-family residential subdivisions.
“R-4” Mixed low density residential district
The intent of the “R-4” District is to provide for single-family detached and attached residential development at a
maximum net density of four dwelling units per acre.
“RLM” Residential Low and Medium Density district
The intent of the “RLM” District is to provide for single-family attached or detached residential development on
land guided residential-low or medium density in the city’s comprehensive plan with a maximum net density of
eight units per acre. The “RLM” District is intended to be used where large areas of upland will be preserved or
created as permanent open space to balance the higher lot coverage permitted on individual lots.
“R-8” Mixed medium density residential district
The intent of the “R-8” District is to provide for single-family detached or attached residential development at a
maximum net density of eight dwelling units per acre.
“R-12” High density residential district
The intent of the “R-12” District is to provide for townhouses and multifamily residential structures at a maximum
density of 12 dwelling units per acre.
“R-16” High density residential district
The intent of the “R-16” District is to provide for multifamily residential structures at a maximum net density of 16
dwelling units per acre on land guided for high density residential uses by the city comprehensive plan.
Business districts:
“BN” Neighborhood business district
The intent of the “BN” District is to provide for limited low intensity neighborhood retail and service establishments
to meet daily needs of residents.
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“BH” Highway and business services district
The intent of the “BH” District is to provide for highway oriented commercial development restricted to a low
building profile.
“CBD” Central business district
The intent of the “CBD” District is to provide for downtown business development supporting a strong central busi-
ness district while enhancing the overall character of the community in conformance with downtown redevelopment
plan, goals and objectives.
“CC” Community commercial district
(a) The intent of the Community Commercial District is to provide for moderate to large-sized commercial devel-
opment. These large-scale commercial and office users need high visibility along arterial roads. While smaller scale
ancillary commercial uses may be permitted integral to the principal use, the primary use of a building shall be me-
dium to large-type users with a minimum tenant space of 15,000 square feet. The intent of the district is to accom-
modate larger uses. The creation of multi-tenant, small user, strip centers is prohibited.
(b) Location criteria for community commercial uses are: Access to arterial and collector streets, preferably at in-
tersections with collector and arterial streets; moderate to large-sized sites; public water and sewer service; environ-
mental features such as soils and topography suitable for compact development; and adequate buffering by physical
features or adjacent uses to protect nearby residential development.
(c) The total building area on a single level or floor for an individual use shall be no more than 65,000 square feet.
“BG” General business district
The intent of the “BG” District is to provide for downtown fringe commercial development identified as the least
restricted business district.
“BF” Fringe business district
The intent of the “BF” District is to accommodate limited commercial uses temporary in nature without urban
services, while maintaining the integrity, minimizing impact, and protecting the natural environment. When urban
services are available, land use may change to a higher and improved use of the property.
Institutional and industrial districts:
“OI” Office and institutional district
The intent of the “OI” District is to provide for public or quasi-public nonprofit uses and professional business and
administrative offices.
“IOP” Industrial office park district
The intent of the “IOP” District is to provide an area identified for large-scale light industrial and commercial
planned development.
Special districts:
“PUD” Planned unit development
Planned unit developments offer enhanced flexibility to develop a site through the relaxation of most normal zoning
district standards. The use of the PUD zoning also allows for a greater variety of uses, internal transfers of density,
construction phasing and a potential for lower development costs. In exchange for this enhanced flexibility, the city
has the expectation that the development plan will result in a significantly higher quality and more sensitive propos-
al than would have been the case with the use of other, more standard zoning districts. It will be the applicant’s
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responsibility to demonstrate that the city’s expectation is to be realized as evaluated against the following criteria.
Planned unit developments are to encourage the following:
(1) Preservation of desirable site characteristics and open space and protection of sensitive environmental features,
including steep slopes, mature trees, creeks, wetlands, lakes and scenic views.
(2) More efficient and effective use of land, open space and public facilities through mixing of land uses and assem-
bly and development of land in larger parcels.
(3) High quality of design and design compatible with surrounding land uses, including both existing and planned.
Site planning, landscaping and building architecture should reflect higher quality design than is found elsewhere in
the community.
(4) Sensitive development in transitional areas located between different land uses and along significant corridors
within the city.
(5) Development which is consistent with the comprehensive plan.
(6) Parks and open space. The creation of public open space may be required by the city. Such park and open space
shall be consistent with the comprehensive park plan and overall trail plan.
(7) Provision of housing affordable to all income groups if appropriate within the PUD.
(8) Energy conservation through the use of more efficient building designs and sightings and the clustering of build-
ings and land uses.
(9) Use of traffic management and design techniques including the provision of transit and pedestrian linkages to re-
duce the potential for traffic conflicts. Improvements to area roads and intersections may be required as appropriate.
Where appropriate, the use of transportation demand management strategies may be required within a project.
“FW” Floodway district, “FF” Flood fringe district and “GFP” General floodplain district
Purpose:
(1) This article regulates development in the flood hazard areas of the City of Chanhassen. These flood hazard areas
are subject to periodic inundation, which may result in loss of life and property, health and safety hazards, disrup-
tion of commerce and governmental services, extraordinary public expenditures for flood protection and relief, and
impairment of the tax base. It is the purpose of this article to promote the public health, safety, and general welfare
by minimizing these losses and disruptions.
(2) National Flood Insurance Program compliance. This article is adopted to comply with the rules and regulations
of the National Flood Insurance Program codified as 44 Code of Federal Regulations Parts 59 - 78, as amended, so
as to maintain the community’s eligibility in the National Flood Insurance Program.
(3) This article is also intended to preserve the natural characteristics and functions of watercourses and floodplains
in order to moderate flood and stormwater impacts, improve water quality, reduce soil erosion, protect aquatic and
riparian habitat, provide recreational opportunities, provide aesthetic benefits and enhance community and economic
development.
“S” Shoreland district
Policy: The uncontrolled use of shorelands of Chanhassen affects the public health, safety and general welfare not
only by contributing to pollution of public waters, but also by impairing the local tax base. Therefore, it is in the best
interests of the public health, safety and welfare to provide for the wise subdivision, use and development of shore-
lands of public waters. The legislature of Minnesota has delegated responsibility to local governments of the state to
regulate the subdivision, use and development of the shorelands of public waters and thus preserve and enhance the
quality of surfacewaters, conserve the economic and natural environmental values of shorelands, and provide for the
wise use of waters and related land resources. This responsibility is hereby recognized by Chanhassen.
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“HC-2” Highway 5 corridor district
(a) On building lots within the HC-2 district that abut Highway 5 directly, the minimum building setback from the
highway right-of-way shall be 70 feet. The maximum building setback from the highway right-of-way for all build-
ings except single-family residences shall be 150 feet. No maximum building setback shall apply to single-family
residences.
(b) On building lots within the HC-2 district that abut either of the access boulevards parallel to Highway 5, the
minimum building setback from the boulevard right-of-way shall be 50 feet. The maximum building setback from
the boulevard right-of-way shall be 100 feet.
“BCO” Bluff Creek Overlay District
The city intends that all development within the district including commercial, industrial and residential uses should
blend into the natural environment while protecting Bluff Creek and sensitive land areas abutting and in the vicinity
of the watercourse and its tributaries. The criteria by which new development in the district shall be judged are as
follows:
(a) Consistency with all provisions of the Comprehensive Plan which includes the Bluff Creek Watershed Natural
Resources Management Plan, as amended from time to time; the surface water management plan; all provisions of
the zoning ordinance and subdivision ordinance not specifically overridden by the provisions of this district; and all
other applicable land use regulations.
(b) Preservation of the natural conditions found in the primary zone and to the greatest extent possible, preserving
significant resources and minimizing impacts in the secondary zone through cluster development and other practices
which minimize the removal of vegetation, minimize site grading, and application of practices found in the city’s
surface water management plan.
(c) Creation of a suitable balance between the amount and arrangement of open space, landscaping, view protection,
bluff protection, and vegetation protection and the design and function of manmade features.
(d) Creation of an interconnected open space network that preserves migratory patterns for wildlife.
(e) Creation of an interconnected open space network that provides recreational and educational opportunities for
people.
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Figure 10.1 | Zoning Map
BC - Bluff Creek Overlay District
HC - Hwy 5 Overlay District
RR - Rural Residential District
RSF - Single Family Residential District
R4 - Mixed Low Density Residential District
RLM - Residential Low and Medium Density District
R-8 - Mixed Medium Density District
R12 - High Density Residential District
PUDR - Planned Unit Devel./Residential District
PUD - Planned Unit Devel. District
A2 - Agricultural Estate District
CBD - Central Business District
BH - Highway and Business Services District
BG - General Business District
BF - Fringe Business District
BN - Neighborhood Business District
IOP - Industrial Office Park District
OI - Office & Institutional District
NE - Natural Environment Lake
RD - Recreational Development Lake
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